Yep, usually running apt-get update twice fixes it for me also. A few times i had to manually install all the updates. Yuk! :) Thanks for the replies!
Jason > > Jason Holland wrote: > > > > hey all, > > ever since i upgraded to woody, i've been getting a size mismatch with > > apt-get. > > > > Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main tetex-lib > 1.0.7+20000807-2 [33.4kB] > > Failed to fetch > > > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/tex/te > tex-bin_1. > > 0.7+20000807-2.deb > > Size mismatch > > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe try with --fix-missing? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > i've tried running apt-get with --fix-missing, but it doesn't > help. anyone > > have any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this? thanks! > > I get this every so often too. I just rerun apt-get update. What seems > to happen is that the last byte of the packages isn't being downloaded > for some reason. > Rerunning apt-get update grabs this final byte and everything works > perfectly after this. I always put it down to the fact that we have to > run through a webcache here (which quite often doesn't work as it > should), but it could be down to the debian servers/mirrors or apt > *shrug*. I've never looked into it as rerunning fixes it. > > Hope this helps, > > Gareth > -- > Gareth Bowker | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PhD Research Student | http://users.aber.ac.uk/tgb96/ > Space Robotics Team | Office: (01970) 622403 > University of Wales, Aberystwyth | Mobile: (07971) 219986 >
